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‘He was taking a very large elephant to America’ - From the archive: June 1904

2024-05-30T08:31:00

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Violinist Archie Easton presents some ‘reminiscences of John Frederick Lott’ (1804–70), including his brief spell as an elephant trainer for a circus

Jack Lott was taught violin making by his father. He was allowed one day in the week to work for himself, which he used to do and to a good purpose often, as the following will show. He made two violins and thought he would try and sell them. He showed them to his father and told him he was going to take them to a sale, and see what he could get for them…

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